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DCS 087 (P414602)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | DCS 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414602 |
| Museum no. | BNUS 322 |
| Collection | Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-na a-bi-ia | to my father |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma {d}marduk-ni#-szu#-ma# | Thus Marduk-nišu: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi#-[ia a]-bi! | Šamaš and Marduk my father as my father |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum t,e4-em _a-sza3_-lim | Concerning the report of the field |
| 7 | sza _us2-sa-DU bad3_ | which is adjacent to the wall |
| 8 | isz-ti-szu u3 szi-ni-szu | with him and his brothers |
| 9 | {disz}i3-li2-ra-ah-e _dumu_ sa#-bu-um | Ilī-raḫe, son of Sabum |
| 10 | a-na ba-qa2-ri-im-ma | to Baqarum |
| 11 | tap-pu-szu usz-ta-du-szu | (and) his companions have encircled him, |
| 12 | [i]-na#-an-na a-na ba-qa2-ri-im | Now, to baqaru |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | pa-nu-szu sza-ak#-nu | are placed before him. |
| 2 | a-ra-ah _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | a ration of 10 shekels of silver |
| 3 | su-pi2-ih-ma 2(disz)? ku am | ... 2(?) ... wild bulls |
| 4 | usz-szi-i-ma | he set up, and |
| 5 | _a-sza3_ i-na qa2-ti | a field in the hand |
| 6 | la as,-s,i2 | I did not go out. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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